We, the Okanagan Nation make this declaration today as a sign for every generation to come, Therefore we herby declare that:
We are the unconquered aboriginal peoples of this land our mother; The creator has given us our mother, to enjoy, to manage and to protect; We the first inhabitants, have lived with our mother from time immemorial; Our Okanagan Governments have allowed us to share equally in the resources of our mother; We have never given up our rights to our mother, our mother's resources, our governments, our religion; We will survive and continue to govern our mother and her resources for the good of all for all time.
Since time immemorial, the history of the Okanagan began, long before the arrival of the Europeans. We are the Syilx-speaking people – the original inhabitants of a vast and beautiful territory that encompasses forests, grasslands, lakes and desert. For thousands of years, the Okanagan people were self-reliant and well provided for through their own ingenuity and use of the land and nature. We lived united as a nation with a whole economy, travelling the breadth and depth of our territory, hunting and fishing, growing and harvesting, crafting and trading to meet our needs.
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- ONA Child and Family Meeting with MCFD
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- ONA/UVIC Indigenous Child Welfare Research Training
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- First Nations Career Role Model Video & Poster Series
The First Nations Education Steering Committee and the First Nations School Association are looking for First Nations Career Role Models for our Video and Poster Series. The series will be shared with First Nations students across the province. The purpose…
- Regional Youth Forum: Empowerment Through Inheritance
BC Assembly of First Nations is hosting an Interior Region two-day Regional Youth Forum on June 19-20, 2013 in Kamloops, BC. This regional session will bring together citizens and youth representatives between the ages of 19-29 from the Interior of…
- Interior Region Soccer Selection
Team BC selection process for the 2014 NAIG, if you haven’t, the process is as follows:
Each of the six regions in BC will be identifying a male and a female team in the U15 and U17 categories, these teams…
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